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Dennis Hernandez, MD, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, New Smyrna, FL

DennisArnaldoHernandezMDMBA, FAAP, FACEP

Pediatric Emergency Medicine New Smyrna, FL

President | CEO AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach

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  • Office

    401 Palmetto Street
    New Smyrna, FL 32168
    Phone+1 386-424-6345

Education & Training

  • University of South Florida Morsani
    University of South Florida MorsaniResidency, Emergency Medicine, 1991 - 1993
  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
    Johns Hopkins All Children's HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 1987 - 1990
  • Universidad de Montemorelos School of Medicine
    Universidad de Montemorelos School of MedicineClass of 1987, MD, Cum Laude

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1989 - 2025
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • WGUMBA

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Doctor’s Orlando Magazine, 2017
  • Top MD Consumers Checkbook
  • Fellow (FACEP) American College of Emergency Physicians

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

  • Fever in Infants Under 3 months old: What is the Current Standard?  
    Hernandez, D, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports
  • Fever in Infants Under 3 months old: What is the Current Standard?  
    Hernandez, D, Pediatric Emergency Care
  • Stroke: It’s Not Just for Grown-Ups  
    Hernandez, D, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Reports
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Neonatal Sepsis
    Hernandez, D, Patient- and Family-Centered Care and the Role of the Emergency Physician Providing Care to a Child, Orlando, Florida
  • Constipation presenting as Hirschprung’s disease
    Hernandez, D, AAEM Scientific Assembly, Orlando
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in a 14 y/o female (Hunt and Hess Classification of 1)
    Hernandez, D, AAEM Scientific Assembly, Orlando, FL

Press Mentions

  • Are You at Risk for Brain Eating Amoebas?
    Are You at Risk for Brain Eating Amoebas?August 27th, 2018
  • We May Have a Cure for the Brain Eating Amoeba
    We May Have a Cure for the Brain Eating AmoebaNovember 21st, 2016
  • Florida Hospital East Orlando Opens Pediatric ER
    Florida Hospital East Orlando Opens Pediatric ERSeptember 9th, 2015

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Other Languages

  • Spanish, Portuguese